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Info Eduard - August 2010

BUY Fokker D.VII (MÁG) 1/48 Limited edition

Detailing

I was able to add some copper wire as HT leads to the

spark plugs, ans to the magnetos. I also experimented

with adding valve springs, which should be manageable

in scale, as the original springs were made from 4mm

steel, but my attempts weren’t as precise as I wanted.

See for yourself in the image above. I also added

a lenght of sbet styrene rod from the water pump forward

to the radiator. This works for a MAG Fokker D.VII,

but on an Albatros this piping would go vertically upward

to the upper wing radiator.

Conclusion

A lot can be done with this very detailed little engine.

It isn’t such a great challenge to scratch build the parts

I did, and will look great inside any OEFFAG aircraft.

Thanks

Thanks to Eduard for the kit. Thanks to Karen Rychlewski

for permission to use her images of the engine at the

Krakow Museum.

Author is member of the Internetmodeler team

http://www.internetmodeler.com/

References

Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of WWI

Flight Magazine October 31 1918 p 1217-1222

Flight Magazine November 7, 1918, p 1255-1259

Flight Magazine; November 14 1918, 1 1288-1293

Karen Rychlewski’s photos of the engine the Kraków museum.

Andi Szekeres’ photos of the engine at the Budapest Aviation Museum/

Vienna Technical Museum.

Photo credits:

Title Image: Karen Rychlewski

All other embedded photos: Rob Stewart, Eduard

Valve springs

Eduard kits containing the above described engine:

BUY Albatros D.III Oeffag 253 1/48 ProfiPACK

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Mounted on a MAG Fokker D.VII (Eduard).

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